drop (broken) support for Alpha, PPC, Sparc & most of IA64

Including Xsun, silo & yaboot support

Rationale: it's unused/unmaintained for years and those arches are beyond
any hope of being usefull any day...
They just got in the way...

Part of IA64 support is still kept (eg: support for GPT, EFI, right xorg
driver at install, ...) as it might be usefull to extend to other arches

Next to consider: Xbox?

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 36 deletions

diff --git a/perl-install/install/steps_interactive.pm b/perl-install/install/steps_interactive.pm
index be3d6c64c..198d44c9d 100644
--- a/perl-install/install/steps_interactive.pm
+++ b/perl-install/install/steps_interactive.pm
@@ -279,34 +279,6 @@ sub setupSCSI {
 sub doPartitionDisks {
     my ($o) = @_;
 
-    if (arch() =~ /ppc/) {
-	my $generation = detect_devices::get_mac_generation();
-	if ($generation =~ /NewWorld/) {
-	    #- mac partition table
-	    if (defined $partition_table::mac::bootstrap_part) {
-    		#- do not do anything if we've got the bootstrap setup
-    		#- otherwise, go ahead and create one somewhere in the drive free space
-	    } else {
-		my $freepart = $partition_table::mac::freepart;
-		if ($freepart && $freepart->{size} >= 1) {
-		    log::l("creating bootstrap partition on drive /dev/$freepart->{hd}{device}, block $freepart->{start}");
-		    $partition_table::mac::bootstrap_part = $freepart->{part};
-		    log::l("bootstrap now at $partition_table::mac::bootstrap_part");
-		    my $p = { start => $freepart->{start}, size => MB(1), mntpoint => '' };
-		    fs::type::set_pt_type($p, 0x401);
-		    fsedit::add($freepart->{hd}, $p, $o->{all_hds}, { force => 1, primaryOrExtended => 'Primary' });
-		    $partition_table::mac::new_bootstrap = 1;
-
-    		} else {
-		    $o->ask_warn('', N("No free space for 1MB bootstrap! Install will continue, but to boot your system, you'll need to create the bootstrap partition in DiskDrake"));
-    		}
-	    }
-	} elsif ($generation =~ /IBM/) {
-	    #- dos partition table
-	    $o->ask_warn('', N("You'll need to create a PPC PReP Boot bootstrap! Install will continue, but to boot your system, you'll need to create the bootstrap partition in DiskDrake"));
-	}
-    }
-
     if (!$o->{isUpgrade}) {
         fs::partitioning_wizard::main($o, $o->{all_hds}, $o->{fstab}, $o->{manualFstab}, $o->{partitions}, $o->{partitioning}, $::local_install);
     }
@@ -1076,14 +1048,6 @@ sub setupBootloaderBefore {
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 sub setupBootloader {
     my ($o) = @_;
-    if (arch() =~ /ppc/) {
-	if (detect_devices::get_mac_generation() !~ /NewWorld/ && 
-	    detect_devices::get_mac_model() !~ /IBM/) {
-	    $o->ask_warn('', N("You appear to have an OldWorld or Unknown machine, the yaboot bootloader will not work for you. The install will continue, but you'll need to use BootX or some other means to boot your machine. The kernel argument for the root fs is: root=%s", '/dev/' . fs::get::root_($o->{fstab})->{device}));
-	    log::l("OldWorld or Unknown Machine - no yaboot setup");
-	    return;
-	}
-    }
     {
 	any::setupBootloader_simple($o, $o->{bootloader}, $o->{all_hds}, $o->{fstab}, $o->{security}) or return;
     }